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Chrissy D
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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Location: Queensland
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 Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:40 am Post subject: Enamel -Fighter |
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This painting was done on an A3 sized canvas, using enamel house paint.
I started painting the background layers and blocking in with colour, than I started the dribbling process (sorta like Pollock), I used sweaps of paint of the fins and using stencil affect with netting for the scales.
Because it was applied so thickly, when it dried it gave this wrinkled effect (which was unintended) but I think it adds to the water's effect.
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Chrissy D
Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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Location: Queensland
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject: Re - Enamel -Fighter |
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Well I just gave this to Hubby as a gift because he likes fish -especially Siamese fighters and....though he is a bit of a traditionalist when it comes to art (and life), he said he like the fish. The way I painted it. Wasn't sure about the 'other stuff'. Which if you guys couldn't figure it out, it is the water/reflection in the water.
He said the 'seal-fish' was very cute  (because the fish face looks like a seal). Oh well! |
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KarlH
Joined: 17 May 2007
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Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject: Re - Enamel -Fighter |
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Great painting.
I spent ages wondering how to prevent the wrinkling of enamel paint I use in the Jackson pollock style, then I saw one of his paintings up close and it was full of the exact same wrinkles I was trying to avoid.
Sometimes you will have a painting that is dying with a perfectly flat surface and you do the smallest add to it and instantly the wrinkles start forming and travel across the entire surface within a minute of two. |
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belle
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
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Location: Newcastle
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:21 pm Post subject: Re - Enamel -Fighter |
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| I like this painting Chrissy but can't find the seal face LOL |
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gggraph
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
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Location: In front of the Computer.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:41 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Enamel -Fighter |
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| belle wrote: | | I like this painting Chrissy but can't find the seal face LOL |
Hi Belle - try this. Those genetic scientists have a lot to answer for...
Grant |
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belle
Joined: 01 Oct 2006
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Location: Newcastle
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:52 pm Post subject: Re - Enamel -Fighter |
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| Aha!! Very cute it is too. |
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serena
Joined: 06 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 8:30 am Post subject: Re - Enamel -Fighter |
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I like the technique you've used and the way you got the idea of watery substance. Cool  |
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Rachelle88
Joined: 08 Apr 2009
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Location: New South Wales
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| Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:06 pm Post subject: Re - Enamel -Fighter |
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It made me smile that it look both like a fish and a seal  Its nice |
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aprillove20
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| Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:55 am Post subject: Re - Enamel -Fighter |
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| Anyways, nice colours and detail. |
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